LAN Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 97 70
Rank change year-on-year -12 -27 +21
Contract jobs citing LAN 40 7 30
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.40% 0.50% 1.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.17% 3.29% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 5 10
10th Percentile £185 £301 £194
25th Percentile £193 £325 £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £478 £428 £523
90th Percentile £500 £471 £644
England median daily rate £475 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +4.11% -8.75% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - £23.92
Median hourly rate £22.86 - £24.87
75th Percentile £26.72 - £25.83
90th Percentile £27.36 - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -65.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 358 213 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 12.56% 15.11% 11.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 117 115
10th Percentile £303 £235 £185
25th Percentile £373 £373 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £600
90th Percentile £669 £613 £648
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 0 9
10th Percentile £19.74 - £13.65
25th Percentile £21.33 - £13.87
Median hourly rate £25.77 - £18.27
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.95%
75th Percentile - - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.62% -5.26% -4.04%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

LAN job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Yorkshire

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -11 20 £450 +12.36% 17
South Yorkshire -30 13 £450 +12.50% 2
North Yorkshire - 3 £195 - 2
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (22.50%) SharePoint
2 6 (15.00%) Confluence
2 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (32.50%) Azure
3 6 (15.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (15.00%) OneDrive
3 6 (15.00%) SaaS
4 3 (7.50%) PaaS
4 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.50%) PowerApps
5 2 (5.00%) AWS
5 2 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (82.50%) WAN
2 22 (55.00%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (42.50%) Firewall
4 16 (40.00%) Wireless
5 15 (37.50%) WLAN
6 9 (22.50%) Network Security
6 9 (22.50%) VLAN
6 9 (22.50%) VPN
7 8 (20.00%) BGP
7 8 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (20.00%) OSPF
7 8 (20.00%) SD-WAN
8 7 (17.50%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (17.50%) DHCP
8 7 (17.50%) DNS
9 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
9 6 (15.00%) Unified Communications
9 6 (15.00%) VoIP
10 5 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (12.50%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 9 (22.50%) JIRA
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.00%) Police
5 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Finance
6 2 (5.00%) Billing
6 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Network Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Senior
3 9 (22.50%) IT Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) IT Support
3 9 (22.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Support Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Platform Architect
6 1 (2.50%) Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Lead
6 1 (2.50%) Network Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (15.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (12.50%) PKI
4 3 (7.50%) CMDB
4 3 (7.50%) IoT
4 3 (7.50%) Smartphone
5 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.00%) NHS
5 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (12.50%) Android
3 5 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 3 (7.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Network Management
1 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.00%) High Availability
3 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (15.00%) Data Management
4 5 (12.50%) Agile
5 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (10.00%) Service Management
5 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.50%) Asset Management
6 3 (7.50%) Software Deployment
6 3 (7.50%) Time Management
7 2 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (5.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (5.00%) Load Balancing
7 2 (5.00%) Platform Engineering
7 2 (5.00%) Product Management
7 2 (5.00%) Product Roadmap
7 2 (5.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
1 7 (17.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (17.50%) CCNP
3 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) Degree
5 2 (5.00%) AWS Certification
5 2 (5.00%) CCNA
6 1 (2.50%) CCIE
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.50%) SCCM
3 2 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Cisco
2 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
3 8 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 8 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.00%) F5
4 2 (5.00%) Meraki
5 1 (2.50%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.50%) SolarWinds